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InnerSelf's Daily Inspiration
May 1, 2024
The focus for today is:
I help myself release feelings of regret
by practicing self-compassion.
Today's inspiration was written by J. Kim Penberthy:
As with other negative emotions, it doesn’t work to avoid, deny or try to squash regret. In the long run, these tactics only increase negative feelings and prolong the time you suffer with them.
Rather than stay stuck, people can manage these emotions in four steps: First, accept the fact that you are feeling them; determine why you are feeling them; allow yourself to learn from them; and finally, release them and move forward.
You can help release these feelings of regret by practicing self-compassion. This means reminding yourself that you are human, you are doing the best you can, and you can learn from past decisions and grow. Showing this compassion to yourself can help you accept and move past the regret.
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Today's inspiration was adapted from the InnerSelf.com article:
How To Overcome Regret That Can Be All-Consuming
Written by J. Kim Penberthy, University of Virginia.
Read the complete article here.
About The Author: J. Kim Penberthy, Professor of Psychiatry and Neurobehavioral Sciences, University of Virginia
This is Marie T. Russell, co-publisher of InnerSelf.com, wishing you a day of practicing self-compassion (today and every day)
Comment from Marie: We oftentimes can be our own worst critic. After all, who knows better than us all the things we've done "wrong", the times we failed, or failed to follow through. But blame and regret only keep us stuck in the past. To move forward, we must forgive ourselves for our errors,.. after all, we are human, and we did the best we could at the time. Let the self-judgment go, and start a new day, a new chapter, a new experience of life.
Our focus for today: I help myself release feelings of regret by practicing self-compassion.
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